Discourse and Conflict: The President Barack H. Obama Birth Certificate Controversy and the New Media

<p>A creative exploration of the consequences of public speech in the era of freely accessible, social media, as the author, a former elections official, records and explores the consequences of public dissent in the case of President Barack Obama’s eligibility controversy. This non-fiction narrative culminates with the author’s analysis and observations on both his personal experiences and the state of public speech and political power in contemporary America.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of English

Year

2011

Author dc:creator

• Adams, Timothy Lee

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Kelly Reames (Director), Dr. Christopher Ervin, Dr. David Lenoir

• corporate citizenship
• one-sided win
• birth certificate
• mediaverse
• presidential politics
• creative non-fiction
• Communication Technology and New Media
• English Language and Literature
• Rhetoric
• Social Influence and Political Communication
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1071

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-2074